Ventilated seat pad



LSSZOO L. M. GRAFE VENTILATED SEAT PAD Filed Feb, l1J 1924 d l-,--19zs.l'UNITI-:D STATES PATENT OFFICE.

LOUIS M. GBAFE, 0F ST. LOUIS, MISSOURI.

VENTILATE'D SEAT RAD.

Application led February 11, 1924. Serial No. 691,882.

To all 'whom it may concern.:

Be it known that I, Louis M. Gnus, a citizen of the United States, and aresident of the city of St. Louis and State of Missouri, have invented anew and useful Improvement in Ventilated Seat Pads, of which thefollowin is a specification.

My invention re ates to ventilated seat pads for automobiles and has,for its principal ob'ect a ventilated seat pad that will be simp e inconstruction` inexpensive to manufacture and that will be strong anddurable and that will be well ventilated. The invention consistsprincipally in securing to seat pads of any suitable construction(preferably some sort of mesh work) tubular members having perforatedwalls. The

invention further consists in the seat pad and in the parts andcombinations of .parts hereinafter described and claimed.

In the accompanying drawing,

Fig. 1 is a perspective view of a seat pad embodying my invention,

Fig. 2 is a partial sectional view taken through one of the tubularspacing members,

Fig. 3 is a perspective view of a modified form of spacing member,

Fig. 4 is a view similar to Fig. 2, showing1 said modified form ofspacing member, an

Fi 5 is a side elevation, showing the pad in place on an automobileseat. y

The seat pad shown in the accompanying drawing comprises seat and backmembers 1 hingedly secured together and adapted to rest against anautomobile seat 2 and the back 3 thereof. These members are of anysuitable construction, preferably meshwork of straw, cane, rattan or thelike. Preferably the weave is verv loose so as to permit the passage ofair through the members of the pad.

Secured to the seat and back members 1 are a number of tubular spacersA, preferably of light metal. As shown in Figs. 1 and 2, each spacercomprises a hollow shell 4 having extended openings 5 through the wallsthereof. The base 6 of each shell 4 is provided with an interiorlythreaded lug 7. A disk 8 or cap is provided for securing each shell 4 inplace. Each disk 8 has a stem 9 that projects through an opening inthe'y mesh work of the scat or back member 1, the end of the stem beingthreaded into the threaded lug 7 of the shell 4. Thus the shell 4 andthe disk 8 or cap drawn j tightly against the seat or backmember.

In the form shown in Figsij 1a-each spacer A is a hollow shell20thatlfiasa top cover 21 and a bottom cover .22: I"'Iabs or pron 23 arestruck up from-Unef cover. The tabs 23 of the several shellsjg areextended through holes in thenjme'shwork of the seat and back members-1over against said members to securethe'lshells 20 in place. A suitablecover M of cloth or the like may be placed over tlietabs 23 of eachshell to prevent them fromznjuring the clothes of a person sittingon-tleseat The above described seat pad is adapted .for use in coveringthe seats of automobiles and the backs of said seats. Thespacers A spacethe seat and back members away from the automobile seat andfback andrmit circulation of air behind both memv rs of the pads. The spacershells themselves are perforated and air is permitted to circulatetherethrough. The caps or tops of the spacer shells conduct heat awayfrom the person 'sitting on them. The spacer shells are far enough apartfrom each other that the pads are free to yield and no discomfort isfelt by reason ofthe presence of the spacer shells.

Obviously the form of the shells may be changed and other changes may bemade from the construction shown without departing from my invention andI do not wish to be limited to the precise construction shown.

What I claim is:

1. A seat pad comprising a mesh work member and a multiplicity ofspacers secured to the meshwork body thereof, whereby said pad is spacedaway from the seat on which it is placed.

2. A seat pad comprising a meshwork member and a multiplicity of spacersSecured to the body thereof by means passin through said meshwork,whereby said pa is spaced away from the seat on which it is placed, saidspacers having perforated back members hing y secured together and npluralityy of spacers serured to the body portions of said members.whereby said pad is spaced away from the seat on which it is placed.

5. An automobile seat pad comprising a seat member of meshwork, spacerstherefor, said spacers comprising hollow metal shells each having aperforated lug in its base und a ca for securino each acer in lace eachof said caps having a stem that extends 10 I through an opening,r in theseat member and is threaded into the 111,9,` of a shell.

Signed at St. Louis, Missouri, this 8th clay of February, 1924.

' LOUIS M. GRAFE.

